To a certain extent this is true but there were plenty of open 3's that were good shots to take and they were missed. I think the inside shooting percentage was most affected by the defense and probably the frustration of that may have affected the 3s too.
Okay, I agree we had some open looks from 3, especially Grace. My argument is versus randomness. I think bad shooting is explainable. Braun attracted defensive attention all day...if she was open somebody was closing out hard most every time encouraging her to shoot quicker than she was comfortable with. She probably wanted to beat Paige for the first time really, really bad after getting derailed on the way to state annually.
4 games Braun is 45, 37, 33 and 18% in order. She can shoot. But I think these factors along with Nika Muhl explain her bad shooting more than randomness.
4 games in Grace is 25, 33, 25, and 20% in order. She is definitely our second best 3 point shooter.
She is a freshman playing UConn in front of a full house in her fourth college game. I think this was more of a factor than random is my point. The accumlative effect of knowing UConn's defense
is coming after you all day doesn't allow you to get as comfortable as you might otherwise be. This and Grace hasn't proven in games she is more than a 25% shooter from 3. She'll get there...it's early in her career. We can't count on more than that right now....so I think those factors help explain the shooting. If she takes and makes one more three...she's at 25%...kinda who she is right now on game day.
Heyer in my opinion is our only other game day 3 point shooter and she should be a keep the defense honest distant third in attempts.